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R. V. DAVIS.

TROUSERS PRESS.

APPLICATIQN FILED OCT. 23. 1916. RENEWED DEC. 11.1918.

1 ,309, 1 89. Patented July 8, 1919.

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ROBERT VZ'LDAVIS, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TROUSERS-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 8, 1919.

Application filed October 23, 1916, Serial No.'127,205. Renewed. December 11, 1918. Serial No. 266,361.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT V. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at ashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved trousers press and has as its primary object to provide a device of thischaracter which may be constructed of cardboard or other similar material and formed to receive a pair of trousers with the trousers legs separated between the overlapping sections of the press so that each of the trousers legs will be individually smoothed and creased.

The invention has as afurther object to provide an arrangement wherein by separating the trousers legs within the press, the said trousers legs will not act one upon the other 100 form a double crease in one of the trousers A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved device of this character which will be formed to accommodate the seat of the trousers when positioned within the press and also formed to accommodate the ends of the trousers.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide an arrangement wherein the section of the press arranged to separate the trousers legs, may be locked in active position between the legs of the trousers with the said section formed to engage beneath the crotch of the trousers for properly supporting the trousers within the press.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds andoin the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved press with a pair of trousers arranged therein and particularly illustrating the clipsemployed for holding the press to act upon the trousers,

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the manner in which the press may he folded so that it may be placed within a trunk or valise,

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the press taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2 and illustrating the manner in which the locking clips for the press are engaged therewith,

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view particularly illustrating the manner in which one section of the press is disposed to lie between the trousers legs for separating the legs with respect to each other and also showing the manner in which the press is formed to accommodate the cuffs of the trousers, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the press open and illustrating the manner in which a pair of trousers is disposed within the press.

In carrylng out the invention my improved. press is formed from a blank of the typebest shown in Fig. 5. This blank is preferably constructed of cardboard or other similar material and includes a body or middle section 10 at opposite longitudinal edges of which are arranged side sections or flaps 11 and 12 respectively, defined by longitudinal creases or fold lines A at their juncture with the body section. All of these sections are tapered .toward the lower extremity 0f the press and the sections or flaps 11 and 12 are transversely slit intermediate the ends thereof to divide the said sections each into coacting upper and lower members. Extending transversely of the body section 10 between the said slits is a section 11 is somewhat shorter than the secti'on'12, the said section 11 being cut away at its lower extremity to terminate short of the adjacent extremity of the body section 10. Formedon the fold line A, between the section 11 and the body section 10, at the upper extremity of the press, is a longitudinally extending notch 15. The purpose of this notch will presently appear. The section 12 is of a length substantially equal to that of the body section 10 and, at its lower extremity, is ofi'set to provide a transversely arranged cufiF receiving member 16. Formed through this member and through the lower extremity of the body section 10, are openings 17 arranged to be brought into register.

The press, as thus formed, is designed to receive a. pair of trousers in th manner particularly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the trousers being conventionally shown for the purposes of illustration. One leg of the trousers after being properly flattened, is laid upon the body section 10 with the upper extremity of the trousers extending above the said body section. The other trousers leg is then held away from the trousers leg upon the press and the section or flap 11 is folded down over the body section 10 to overlie the said first mentioned trousers leg with the crotch receiving edge of the section 11 engaging beneath the crotch of the trousers and with the lower extremity of the said section fitting just above the cuff of the said trousers leg. The tongues 13 are then engaged in the openings 14 for locking the section 11 in active position. One leg of the trousers being thus inclosed within the press, the other leg is brought down and flattened against the outer side of the section 11 in the manner shown in Fig. 1 with the cuffs of the trousers legs overlying each other. The section 12 is then folded over the section 11 to overlie the trousers leg thereon with the offset cuff receiving member 16 upon the section 12 receiving the cuffs of the trousers.

Attention is now directed to the fact that when the trousers are thus disposed within the press, the notch 15 is arranged to receive.

the seat of the trousers projecting through the said not-ch to eliminate any wrinkling or improper creasing of the trousers at the seat. The purpose of this notch, therefore, now becomes apparent, and it will be seen that the said notch may be arranged either at one side or the other of the body section 10, the location of the notch merely determining the position of the seat of the trousers with restantially U-shape.

spect to the press. Furthermore, it will be observed that the notch 15 in receiving the seat of the trousers will cooperate with the crotch receiving edge of the section 11 of the press for supporting the trousers longitudinally upon the press.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings, I have shown the press closed with a pair of trousers arranged therein as just above described and for clamping the trousers within the press I provide a plurality of resilient clips or clamps 18 constituting the main fastening devices for the press. These clamps are preferably each formed from a length of suitable resilient wire bent intermediate its ends to provide overlapping strands with the said strands bent to give the clip a sub- The said clips are thus adapted to embrace the longitudinal edges of the press in the manner particularly shown in Fig. 3 and will yieldably act thereon to clamp the trousers within the press. Any suitable number of clips may be employed and, of course, the clips at the free edge of the section 12 also act to lock thls section in active position.

It will therefore be seen that the press will act upon the trousers legs to smooth out the wrinkles therein and at the same time properly crease the said trousers legs. If desired, the legs of the trousers may be first slightly dampened before putting the trousers within the press so that the press may more effectually crease the trousers. In this connection, attention is directed to the fact that the section 11 of the press is arranged to separate the legs of the trousers so that each of the said legs will be individually smoothed and creased. In thus separating the trousers legs, an important advantage is attained in that the trousers legs are prevented from acting one upon the other to impart a double crease to one of the trousers legs such as would result were the trousers legs to be laid against each other. The cuffs of the trousers being relatively thick and thus not easily capable of acting on each other to improperly crease the cufis, are laid against each other and it will be observed that the offset cuff receiving portion 16 of the press is arranged to eoact with the body section 10 for smoothing the cuffs out and creasing the cuffs at their ends.

When the press is folded, the openings 17 in the cuff receiving portion 16 of the press and the body section 10 are, as particularly shown in Fig. 4, brought into register so that the press with a pair of trousers may be readily suspended from a nail or other suspension device and in Fig. 2 of the drawings, I have shown the manner in which the press may be folded to be stored within a trunk or valise. The transverse slits in the sections 11 and 12 of the press are provided so that the lower extremity of the press may be easily folded at the fold line B to overlie the upper portion of the press and since the said slits are arranged to come at about the knee portions of the trousers legs, the trousers will also, at the same time, be properly folded.

Secured in any approved manner to the inner faces of the body section 10 and the side sections or flaps 11 and 12 are reinforcing strips 19 of cloth or other suitable fabric arranged to overlie the fold lines A between the said flaps and the said body section. These reinforcing strips are relatively wide to strengthen the hinge joints between the side flaps and the body section and attention is directed to the fact that when the trousers are arranged within the press, as

Thus, these reinforcing strips constitute a very desirable feature of the present invention.

It will, therefore, be seen that I provide a particularly efficient construction for the purpose set forth and a trousers press which will be found highly convenient and, at the same time, thoroughly efficient in practical use.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A trousers press including a plurality of sections and provided at its upper extremity with a notch with the said sections foldable upon each other to receive a pair of trousers with one of the sections held between the trousers legs by another of the said sections and with the seat of the trousers received by said notch.

2. A trousers press including a body section provided with an opening, side sections carried by the body section, 1nd a tongue carried by one of said side sections, the said side section being foldable over the body section to engage the said tongue in the said opening for locking the said side section in active position overlying one leg of the trousers and the other side section being foldable over said first mentioned side section to overlie the other leg of the trousers.

3. A trousers press including a plurality of coacting sections foldable upon each other to receive a pair of trousers with one of the sections shorter than the other sections and held by one of said other sections to lie fiat between the trousers legs.

4:. A trousers press including a plurality of coacting sections foldable upon each other to receive a pair of trousers with one of the sections held by another of the said sections between the trousers legs, and reinforcing strips at the joints between the said sections, the said strips being formed with relatively soft surfaces and disposed to confront the longitudinal edges of the trousers legs to present the soft surfaces thereof to the said edges.

5. A trousers press including a plurality of coacting sections foldable upon each other to receive a pair of trousers, auxiliary fastening devices engaging the free edge of one of the sections for initially securing the said section in active position between the other sections, and main fastening devices for subsequently securing another of the sections to overlie said first mentioned section and acting to secure all of the sections together.

6. A trousers press including a plurality of coacting sections foldable upon each other to receive a pair of trousers, auxiliary fastening devices at the free longitudinal edge of one of the sections for locking the said section between the trousers legs, and main fastening devices engaging the free longitudinal edge of another of said sections for locking the said last mentioned section in active position overlying the said first mentioned section.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa ture.

ROBERT V. DAVIS. [n s.]

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